"The American people are a nation of liars."

"You are the children of Abraham Lincoln. We are at best only his stepchildren; children by adoption, children by forces of circumstances and necessity."

"I did not hesitate to let it be known of me, that the white man who expected to succeed in whipping, must also succeed in killing me."

"I feel greatly embarrassed when I attempt to address an audience of white people. I am not used to speak to them, and it makes me tremble when I do so, because I have always looked up to them with fea…"

"The arm of the Lord is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear."